Monthly Archives: July 2018

Qatar Airways Brings FIFA World Cup Excitement to the Skies with Bespoke FIFA-Branded Aircraft

The national carrier of the State of Qatar flies hand-painted aircraft in FIFA livery to Moscow for 2018 FIFA World Russia Finals and Semi-Finals. Qatar Airways, an Official Partner and the Official Airline of FIFA, has taken its celebration of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia to the skies with a specially-branded Boeing 777 aircraft […]

Farnborough Airshow 2018: what to expect and what not to

The countdown to the aviation industry’s flagship event – the UK’s biennial Farnborough International Airshow 2018 – has already begun, with the event taking off in only a week’s time, on July 16, 2018, at the Farnborough Airport (FAB) in England. The Weekend Show for the general public is set to take place on July […]

Lufthansa Cargo Triple Seven fleet grows

Lufthansa Group’s decision-making bodies have approved Lufthansa Cargo’s operation of two brand-new Boeing 777F freighters. Lufthansa Cargo ordered two brand-new Boeing 777F freighters in May of this year. The question of who would manage and operate these was left open initially. The jets are expected to be ferried from the Boeing plant in Seattle to […]

Emirates SkyCargo bags important pharma recognition for the second year running

Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has received the prestigious 2018 Carrier Award for Reliability and Excellence (CARE) by DHL Global Forwarding for the transportation of temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals. The award was received by Henrik Ambak, Emirates Senior Vice President, Cargo Operations Worldwide at the 18th Global Life Sciences & Healthcare Conference organised by […]

Virgin Atlantic chooses Menzies Aviation for cargo handling in Australia

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has awarded a three-year cargo handling contract to Menzies Aviation in Australia. The new agreement saw Menzies take over Virgin Atlantic’s cargo handling in Melbourne on June 8, with Brisbane to follow on 9 July, and Sydney on 7 August. The move will support Virgin Atlantic’s longstanding international long-haul cargo sales and […]

Boeing takes over Embraer commercial plane production

Embraer and Boeing signed a memorandum of understanding on July 5, 2018, on the long-awaited joint venture between the two manufacturers. Boeing is to hold an 80 percent ownership stake in the joint venture and Embraer will own the remaining 20 percent. The joint venture is to be led by a Brazilian management team, President […]

Qatar Airways Brings the Airbus A350 to Edinburgh

The award-winning airline will offer 406 additional seats per week to passengers travelling between Doha and Edinburgh. Daily Edinburgh service will continue providing people of Scotland one seamless international connection to gateways around the world.  Commitment to United Kingdom continues following recent launch of two new routes to  London Gatwick and Cardiff. Qatar Airways has […]

Swiss WorldCargo and Lufthansa Cargo receive DHL Care Award

Swiss WorldCargo and Lufthansa Cargo were awarded with the DHL Care Award, which recognizes both air freight providers for their excellence in the handling and safe shipment of temperature-sensitive life science products. The awards ceremony took place on 28 June in Lake Maggiore, Italy. The DHL Care Awards, inaugurated in 2016, recognize the safe transport […]

Emirates Engineering reconfigures second Boeing 777-200LR aircraft

Emirates Engineering has successfully completed the reconfiguration of the second Boeing 777-200LR aircraft in its fleet. The conversion of the aircraft from three to two cabin classes was executed fully in-house at the Emirates Engineering hangars in Dubai. The reconfigured aircraft also features new, wider Business class seats in a 2-2-2 format, a new social […]